Isaiah Chapter 41 verse 27 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 41:27

`I am the' first `that saith' unto Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
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BBE Isaiah 41:27

I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
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DARBY Isaiah 41:27

The first, [I said] to Zion, Behold, behold them! and to Jerusalem, I will give one that bringeth glad tidings.
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KJV Isaiah 41:27

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
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WEB Isaiah 41:27

[I am the] first [who says] to Zion, Behold, behold them; and I will give to Jerusalem one who brings good news.
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YLT Isaiah 41:27

First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them; rather, the first has said. By "the first" must certainly be meant Jehovah - " the First, and with the last" of ver. 4. He has already announced to Zion her deliverance (see Isaiah 40:9-11; Isaiah 41:2, etc.). I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. Perhaps Isaiah himself (Grotius, Stier, Delitzsch). Perhaps some prophet of the Captivity, as Daniel, who "knew by books" when the Captivity was drawing to a close (Daniel 9:2), and may be supposed to have announced the good tidings to the other exiles.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) The first shall say to Zion.--The italics show the difficulty and abruptness of the originals. A preferable rendering is, (1) I was the first that said to Zion, &c. No oracle or soothsayer anticipated that message of deliverance (Ewald, Del.); or (2) a forerunner shall say . . . The words "Behold them" point to the returning exiles. The second clause fits in better with (2), and explains it. Jehovah sends a herald of good news (not Cyrus himself, but a messenger reporting his victories, or possibly Isaiah himself, as a more distant herald) to Jerusalem, to say that the exiles are returning.